"Jie ha ha ha ha ha, Roger, since you don't want to rule the World, then hand over the secret of the Ancient Weapon!"
"Anyway, you don't want to rule the World, so the secret of the Ancient Weapon is useless to you. It's better to hand it over to me and let me rule the World. If you want to do what you like, I will never stop you."
Golden Lion had long guessed that Roger would refuse. What he really cared about was the secret of the Ancient Weapon, and he transmitted this sentence to Roger using Kenbunshoku Haki. No one else could hear Golden Lion's words.
He didn't want anyone else to know the secret of the Ancient Weapon.
If others knew, after it spread, both the World Government and the Limitless Pirates would become his competitors, and then he would have no advantage!
"Shiki, although I know about the existence of Ancient Weapon, I don't have Ancient Weapon, I don't know what Ancient Weapon is, and I don't know where Ancient Weapon is hidden!"
"What's more, I think this World cannot fall into your hands, otherwise, this World will become terrible."
Roger also knew that the matter of Ancient Weapon could not be publicized, otherwise, it would cause turmoil in the World, so he also replied to Golden Lion using Kenbunshoku Haki.
As he said, he knew about the existence of Ancient Weapon, but because Nox took away the Road poneglyph that recorded Ancient Weapon in advance, Roger didn't know that Ancient Weapon Pluto was in Wano Country, nor did he know what Poseidon was or how it existed.
He only knew that these two Ancient Weapons existed in this World and possessed powerful destructive power that could easily destroy an island.
"Roger, you think this World cannot fall into my hands, do you want it to fall into Nox's hands? Or do you think it is better for this World to continue to be ruled by the World Government?"
Hearing Roger's words, Golden Lion instantly became extremely angry. What did he mean by "cannot fall into his hands"? Did Roger mean that he was not qualified to rule the World?
He, Golden Lion, was not qualified? Then who was qualified? The Gorosei? Or Nox? Or someone else?
This World would become terrible? Wasn't this World already terrible enough? How much worse could it get?
Hearing Roger deny him, Golden Lion, like this, was denying his ambition and dream. Now he was like a raging male lion, his anger swelling to its peak!
"Ha ha ha ha ha, neither you nor Nox are suitable to rule the World!"
"Shiki, if you want to fight, then fight. Why so much nonsense? I don't have what you want!"
Roger said.
In his opinion, Golden Lion was ambitious and an extremely cruel Pirate, not suitable to rule the World.
Although Nox had not shown too much ambition, he was also very ambitious and wanted to rule the World, destroying many countries during his expansion.
Now he had become the World's most powerful arms dealer, causing the entire World to become chaotic, with wars everywhere, indirectly causing countless deaths!
So Roger also didn't want Nox to rule this World!
"Jie ha ha ha ha, since you won't hand it over, then you and your crew can take this secret to hell!"
Seeing that they couldn't agree, Golden Lion drew out his two swords, and two-color Haoshoku condensed on the blades.
Black lightning burst out from the blades without restraint, striking into this storm. All the surrounding heavy rain and storms that approached were all scattered by this black lightning.
"Lion Majesty · Thousand Valley Shred!"
Golden Lion swooped down, slashing with his two swords, and a huge cross slash erupted.
At the same time, the turbulent Sea surged up hundreds of meters high waves, and the waves instantly turned into a giant lion's head five hundred meters high.
The cross slash was in front, and the giant sea lion was behind. The two perfectly combined and rushed towards Roger together.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, you, Shiki, don't have the ability to kill me, Roger!"
Seeing Golden Lion get serious, Roger immediately jumped out of the ship. The Ace in his hand instantly turned into a black blade, and the black lightning collided with the lightning that burst out from Golden Lion.
"Kamusari!"
Facing Golden Lion's frontal assault, Roger was not afraid at all. He raised Ace and immediately used his ultimate move, Kamusari.
The moment Golden Lion's slash collided with Ace, the turbulent Haoshoku collision aftermath impacted the surroundings, and black and red lightning surged out.
After only a moment of stalemate, Golden Lion's slash was shattered by Roger, and even the giant sea lion behind was split in two by Roger's single slash.
However, Roger knew that Golden Lion was best at long-range attrition warfare, relying on the Float-Float Fruit for attrition. There were few people in this World who could outlast Golden Lion.
Immediately after, Roger strode into the air and rushed upwards. Only close combat with Golden Lion was the best choice.
"Jie ha ha ha ha, Roger, even if you created this natural disaster storm, it still can't change the fact that you will be defeated by me!"
Seeing Roger rushing up, Golden Lion also retreated, holding his two swords and rushing down to slash at Roger.
"Who wins and who loses is still unknown, Shiki. Blind arrogance is the biggest reason for your defeat. The final winner must be our Roger Pirates!"
As Roger blocked Golden Lion's attack, he flashed and slashed at Golden Lion's abdomen with a sword.
"Jie ha ha ha ha ha, I, Golden Lion, will never be defeated. The ones who will be defeated can only be your Roger Pirates!"
In the air, Golden Lion was very flexible, easily dodging Roger's attack, and at the same time launching a fierce counterattack.
Roger fought fiercely with Golden Lion in the air. Even without an aerial advantage, Roger still fought Golden Lion without falling behind.
As Golden Lion and Roger began their fierce battle, the battle between the Flying Pirates and the Roger Pirates immediately erupted.
Reinhardt made the first move. In this catastrophic storm, his natural-type Flow-Flow Fruit ability was invisibly strengthened a lot.
"Flow Tornado!"
With a wave of his hand, Reinhardt created a huge tornado of airflow more than five hundred meters high, sweeping up a thousand meters of seawater and storms and crashing into the Oro Jackson.
Even though the Oro Jackson was built entirely from Adam Wood, it would still suffer a fatal blow under such a powerful attack.
"Young people nowadays really have all sorts of powerful Devil Fruit abilities!"
As Roger's first mate, Rayleigh had long paid attention to the members under Golden Lion. Reinhardt was Golden Lion's first mate!
"Netherworld Prison!"
On the griffin that had turned into a black blade, the dark Busoshoku Haki poured out like ghosts from hell.
With a single slash, it was as if the netherworld had descended. The surging airflow tornado was instantly cut down, turning into invisible airflow and dissipating.
"Young man, don't just attack our Oro Jackson. That's our most precious partner!"
A cold light flashed across Rayleigh's glasses. He jumped into the sky with force from his feet, and a slash struck towards Reinhardt.
"Rayleigh, Roger's right hand, is indeed powerful, a top expert comparable to a Marine Admiral!"
Facing Rayleigh's slash, Reinhardt dared not take it. He immediately transformed into invisible airflow and quickly dodged the slash.
His fighting style was very similar to Golden Lion's, which was to use the advantage and flexibility of his flying ability to constantly wear down the enemy.
Even though he couldn't defeat Rayleigh now, he could dodge Rayleigh's slashes, and with the flying advantage, he could hold back Rayleigh, a powerful combatant of the Roger Pirates, for a short period of time.
"What a cunning young man, just like that guy Golden Lion!"
Although Rayleigh knew that Reinhardt was just trying to hold him back, he had no choice but to let the other party do so, because if he ignored Reinhardt, the Oro Jackson would be attacked by Reinhardt.
On this Sea, the Oro Jackson was the only partner that could carry them on their voyage, so they had to protect it!
Flying Pirates' second-in-command, Harold William, transformed into a several-dozen-meter-tall Mythical Zoan full-body griffin form, his entire body wrapped in scorching flames, making him so unique in this catastrophic storm.
"Blazing Sun griffin!!"
As Harold roared, the flames on his body instantly surged. A huge ball of fire shot out from his mouth, turning into a giant flame griffin four hundred meters high, rushing towards the Oro Jackson.
Their Flying Pirates' first target was the Roger Pirates' Oro Jackson. Not only these Executive Officers, but even the cannons of the five pirate groups were constantly bombarding the Oro Jackson.
As long as the Oro Jackson was sunk, the Roger Pirates would lose their foothold on the Sea, and then the Roger Pirates would not be far from defeat.
"These guys from the Flying Pirates are simply too insidious!"
Gaban said discontentedly, while holding a huge axe and standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the giant flame griffin falling from the sky.
"Sky-Piercing Strike!"
The moment the giant axe was raised, it turned black, his entire body's strong muscles bulged, and the moment he swung the axe down, a huge axe light five hundred meters high shot up into the sky.
The falling flame griffin was instantly cut in two by the axe light. The two halves of the flame griffin quickly dissipated in the air like fireworks, without affecting the Oro Jackson in the slightest.
Afterwards, Gaban also stepped on Moonwalk and rushed into the sky. He knew that if he didn't fly away from the Oro Jackson, the guy in the sky would keep attacking the Oro Jackson, and he couldn't guarantee that he could accurately protect the Oro Jackson with every strike.
"Gaban, known as Roger's left hand, as famous as Rayleigh. I wonder if your strength is strong enough!"
Harold looked at Gaban who was rushing up and smiled.
"Try it and you'll know if I'm strong enough?"
"Sky-Piercing Strike!"
Gaban said mockingly, and at the same time, as the giant axe in his hand gathered power, he swung an axe.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, try it and see!"
"Flame Lion King Claw!"
Harold's massive lion claws turned black, carrying rolling flames as he brought them down.
But just then, the power of the giant axe was immense. With a single axe swing, Harold's entire griffin body was sent flying back over a hundred meters by the giant axe.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, with this little power, you dare to challenge me, you're looking for death!"
Gaban pressed his advantage and immediately rushed up to continue attacking.
But Harold, being a griffin, quickly stabilized his body with double-handed swings, and using the advantage of flight, he quickly dodged Gaban's attack.
Just then, another person rushed over from not far away. It was the Flying Pirates' third-in-command, Aslan Elasti, a Paramecia Erase-Erase Fruit user!
"Erase Punch!!"
With a single punch, the strange Devil Fruit power erupted. The surrounding hurricane, rain, and even the air disappeared!
Gaban immediately held his giant axe horizontally to block his side, but he was surprised to find that a part of the Busoshoku Haki on his giant axe had been erased by the opponent's Devil Fruit ability. This power was too strange. If he was hit in the body, who knew what would happen, which immediately made Gaban wary.
"Flame Roar!"
At the same time, Harold on the other side shot a flame ray from his mouth, hitting Gaban, who was confronting Aslan.
"If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one. What kind of skill is ganging up on someone!"
Gaban used Aslan's power to retreat and dodge Harold's flame ray. Looking at Aslan and Harold, who were clearly planning to team up, Gaban roared in dissatisfaction.
"Even if you're ganging up on someone, why don't you go and gang up on that guy Rayleigh? Why are you ganging up on me?"
Gaban was already complaining in his heart at this moment. Why did all the bad luck happen to him?
"Defeat him!"
Aslan and Harold had already planned it. They were going to gang up on Gaban, defeat this guy first, and then go and help Reinhardt defeat Rayleigh. That way, the Roger Pirates would naturally be defeated.
The Flying Pirates had more than 300 people, while the Roger Pirates only had about 70. Even though the Roger Pirates' crew members were elites, facing four times their number, they were being beaten back step by step by the combined forces of the Flying Pirates.
What's more, they also had to be distracted to protect the Oro Jackson.
So, in terms of top combat power, the Roger Pirates were not weaker than the Flying Pirates, but in terms of lower-level combat power, the Roger Pirates were being suppressed by the Flying Pirates.
Buggy and Shanks, hiding inside the Oro Jackson's cabin, watched the fierce battle outside through a tiny crack, their hearts trembling.
Seeing their former comrades fighting and getting injured, while they couldn't help at all, their hearts were extremely conflicted and scared. After all, they were just little kids right now.
"Jie ha ha ha ha ha, Roger, surrender, otherwise your crew members will all die!"
Golden Lion and Roger were fighting fiercely in the air, but with an occasional sweep of Kenbunshoku Haki, they could clearly perceive the situation on the battlefield below.
"Hmph, Shiki, I believe in my crew members. My crew members will definitely not lose!"
Roger snorted coldly, completely unaffected by Shiki's mockery.
They, the Roger Pirates, had survived even greater storms. How could they fall here to the Flying Pirates!
Seeing that mockery was useless, Golden Lion also stopped talking nonsense and fought Roger with all his might.